Scott M. Freeman

Representative matters that are public include: 

• representation of the Special Committee of Rouse Properties, Inc. in an approximately US$2.8 billion going-private transaction with an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., the approximately 33 percent shareholder of the company
• representation of Starwood Property Trust in connection with its US$1.1 billion acquisition of LNR Property 
• representation of a group of significant shareholders in connection with the US$14 billion acquisition of Clearwire by Sprint Nextel 
• representation of GIC Pte Ltd in connection with the US$6.9 billion acquisition of BMC Software 
• representation of BNP Paribas in connection with its acquisition of the prime brokerage business of Bank of America (involving the transfer of more than US$100 billion in assets) 
• representation of the Special Committee of Kenneth Cole Productions in a going-private transaction with Kenneth D. Cole, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, and the controlling shareholder, of the company 
• representation of Guggenheim Partners in connection with its acquisition of Security Benefit 
• representation of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in connection with its acquisition of ITT 
• SMART Technologies cross-border IPO

Scott served on the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission from 1995 through 1999 and was an associate editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review from 1982 through 1983 and executive editor from 1983 through 1984.